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Starting from the same place, Sara walks due west and Ammad walks due east. On the number line, 0 represents their starting point, negative values represent the distance traveled west and positive values represent the distance traveled east. A number line with a point for Ammad at coordinate 480 and a point for Sara at coordinate -240. How many feet apart are Sara and Ammad on the number line?

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The answer is 720, hope this helps :)

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480 - - 240

2 negatives make a positive so it would be 480 + 240 which is 720 feet apart
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